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    <h2>Help</h2>
    <p>The <strong>Admissoins Recruitment Tool (ART)</strong> was designed to allow University of Portland's Admission Department to visualize recruitment data from 2011 and 2012 atop a map.</p>
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      <li class="top_links"><a href="#tour">Quick Tour</a></li>
      <li class="top_links"><a href="#student">Student Filters</a></li>
      <li class="top_links"><a href="#display">Display Filters</a></li>
      <li class="top_links"><a href="#howto_map">How to Interpret Map Data</a></li>
      <li class="top_links"><a href="#howto_summary">How to Interpret Summary Data</a></li>
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    <h3 id="tour">Quick Tour</h3>
    <p>For a quick example of how to use the main page, just leave all of the default settings as they are, and hit "Submit". 
      This will show you <em>all</em> of the students in the area code 97203 that applied to UP in 2011 and 2012.</p>
    
    <p>There are three (3) components to this web application:
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	<li>Filters</li>
	<li>Map</li>
	<li>Summary</li>
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      The <strong>Filters</strong> component allows you to search for students in the 2011 and 2012 recruitment database. 
      Applying filters are completely optional, but filtering refines search criteria and is intended to narorow down your search to students with certain characteristics.
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    <p>The <strong>Map</strong> component is the visual aspect. It shows all of the students and high schools in a given search area.</p>	
    <p>The <strong>Summary</strong> component allows you to get a quick feel for the students in the area. The summary corresponds directly with the data displayed on the map.</p>
    <p>The <strong>Reset</strong> button resets the <em>Filters</em>, but does not reset the Map or the Summary
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    <h3 id="student">Student Filters</h3> 
    <p>The Student Filters section allows you to filter students in the database by several of their academic characteristics. </p><span> </span>
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      <li><h4>Gender: </h4>Select the gender of the students to be displayed.</li>	
      <li><h4>GPA: </h4>Grade Point Averages (GPAs) are typically from 0.0 to 4.0, inclusive. 
	If you enter a range outside of this, GPA scores will be automatically adjusted to conform to these bounds.</li> 
      <li><h4>SAT Scores: </h4>SAT scores in either category of reading or math range form 200 to 800, with 200 being the lowest possible score. 
	Queries consisting of ranges outside of the allowed rnage will be automatically converted to fit. </li>
      <li><h4>Majors: </h4>You may select just one major or multiple majors in the alphabetically-sorted list of majors offered at University of Portland. 
	Filtering by major(s) will limit the results to only those students who have declared their major in the option(s) selected. 
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    <h3 id="display">Display Filters</h3>
    <p>This section allows you to control what is shown on the map. </p>
    <h4>Display</h4><p>Selecting "Student" will cause the map to show only students, while selecting	 "High School" will show only high schools.</p>
    <h4>Limit Data to</h4><p>Determines the amount of data to show. The default is to show students within a single ZIP code.</p>
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      <li>Selecting "ZIP" will show either students or high schools in the zip code entered. 
	You may enter a single ZIP code or <strong>multiple</strong> zip codes, each separated by a comma. 
	Ranges of ZIP codes are currently not supported as the US ZIP code system is not necessarily arranged geographically within a state. 
	While it is true each state has ZIP code prefixes, numerically adjacent ZIP codes may not be geographically adjacent, or even nearby. </li> 
      <li>Selecting "State" will show students or high schools within the state entered.
	Currently, you may only enter one state at a time. 
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    <h3 id="howto_map">How to Interpret Map Data</h3>
    <p>The Map is powered by Google Maps and behaves just like any other Google Map. 
      Interaction with the map is exactly like you're used to if you've used Google Maps before. 
      If not, or for more details, here's <a href="http://support.google.com/maps/?hl=en">a little primer.</a></p>
    <h4>Students</h4>
    <p>An individual student appears on the map as a red node.</p>
    <p>Clicking on an individual node brings up data about the student. </p>
    <h4>High Schools</h4> 
    <p>An individual high school appears on the map as a building with a flag. </p>
    <p>Clicking on an individual school brings up the high school's data.
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    <h3 id="howto_summary">How to Interpret Summary Data</h3>
    <p>Summary data appears on the right-hand side of the page and provides statistical data about the students found within the search. 
      The summary corresponds with the students displayed on the Map. </p>
    <p>Clicking on the student ID will reveal a dropdown menu with more information about the student.
      This information is identical to the information shown when clicking on the student marker on the Map (with the exception of gender).</p>
    <p>Clicking on the magnifying glass to the right of a student ID zooms and centers the map on the student. </p>
    <p>The view can be reset to display the entire ZIP code area or state by clicking on the magnifying glass at the top of the Summary pane.
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